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Santa Claus: The Movie(Movie, 1985)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 48min | Genres: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure
Santa Claus: The MovieRating: 3.2/5 (with 108108 votes)
Santa Claus: The Movie (titled onscreen simply as Santa Claus) is a 1985 British-American Christmas film starring Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, and David Huddleston. It depicts the origin of Santa Claus (played by Huddleston), and his modern-day adventure to save one of his elves (Moore) who has been manipulated by an unscrupulous toy company executive (Lithgow). It was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and was the last major fantasy film produced by the Paris-based father-and-son production team of Alexander and Ilya Salkind. Released in North America by TriStar Pictures on November 27, 1985, Santa Claus: The Movie flopped at the box office and received negative reviews from critics. ()
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Available languages: German, English
Available subtitles: German
Duration: 1h 35min
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Duration: 1h 48min
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Amazon Instant Video
Available languages: German, English
Available subtitles: German
Duration: 1h 35min
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Apple / iTunes Store
Duration: 1h 48min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

About Santa Claus: The Movie

The first half of this film, set hundreds of years ago, shows how the man who eventually became Santa Claus was given immortality and chosen to deliver toys to all the children of the world. The second half moves into the modern era, in which Patch, the head elf, strikes out on his own and falls in with an evil toy manufacturer who wants to corner the market and eliminate Santa Claus.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 22 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovenian (SL), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/04/1985 (World premiere: 10/29/1985)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Santa Claus, o Papai Noel"
"圣诞老人"
"Santa Claus - Der Film"
"La vera storia di Babbo Natale"
Keywords: christmas, holiday
Budget: 50,000,000 USD
Revenue: 23,717,291 USD (= 47%)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:9915, Added: 02/18/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024